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DIRKS v. FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. CO.

No. 89-1560.

465 N.W.2d 857 (1991)

Wayne D. DIRKS and Nancy D. Dirks, individually and as next friend of Crystal N. Dirks and Amber D. Dirks, Appellants, v. FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Shipman and Martha L. Shaff of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

William H. Roemerman and James L. Sines of Crawford, Sullivan, Read, Roemerman & Brady, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, NEUMAN, SNELL and ANDREASEN, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs Wayne and Nancy Dirks, individually and as next friend of their children, Crystal N. Dirks and Amber D. Dirks, sued defendant Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, their own insurer, for failure to pay them underinsured motorist benefits to which plaintiffs believed they were entitled under their auto insurance policies. After trial, the jury awarded plaintiffs damages, including punitive damages on plaintiffs' first-party bad...

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